Idiomatically Correct Quotes & Sayings

The first kiss ideally signals rapture, exchange of hearts, and imminent marriage. Otherwise it is a kiss that lies. All very crude and nonsensical, and yet it is the staple myth of hundreds of comics called 'Sweethearts,' 'Romantic Secrets' and so forth. The state induced by the kiss is actually self-induced, of course, for few lips are so gifted with electric and psychedelic possibilities. — Germaine Greer

Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will not deter people who are unafraid of death and desire martyrdom. — Jemima Khan

"I can't give you all the things I once hoped to," he says. "But I can give you a family and a home. I love you, Al. I just hope you can love a simple mechanic."
I wind my fingers through the wavy hair at his neck. I admire this side of him most of all ... his fragility, his flaws. His strength in spite of them. And now, he sees that strength with as much clarity and confidence as I always have.
"There will never be anything simple about you," I whisper. "And I already love you. — A.G. Howard

Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket. — Robert Orben

When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song. — Dan Hill

The process has now run full circle: Preaching originates in personal counseling; preaching is personal counseling on a group basis; personal counseling originates in preaching. Personal counseling imparts to the preacher a practical familiarity with human nature which he would not otherwise obtain. — Harry Emerson Fosdick

the fire burns up.' So they stood before the fire, waiting: Clennam with his arm about her waist, and the fire shining, — Charles Dickens

You don't need to travel, laughter is an instant vacation — Milton Berle

I believe in physical comedy, because that reaches out most to people. — Norman Wisdom

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness. — Vincent Massey

I don't take Hollywood too seriously. I have kids that don't give a damn about what I'm shooting, they just want dinner. So that keeps me grounded. — Reagan Gomez-Preston

Learn to look up now and then, just in case a piano is falling from overhead. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Eros guides us to Logos. — Plato

Most of the intelligence out there must be artificial intelligence. We keep looking for critters like us living on a planet like ours, where in fact the majority of the intelligence out there is not biological. That would be my argument. — Seth Shostak

Start young. Throw your arms around ladies' knees. As you get older it will get more interesting. — Shepherd Mead